Raphael Pallitsch

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Raphael Pallitsch
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NationalityFlag of Austria.svg  Austria
Born (1989-12-18) 18 December 1989 (age 34)
Eisenstadt, Austria
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres
ClubSVS-Leichtathletik [1]

Raphael Pallitsch (born 18 December 1989) is an Austrian middle-distance runner. [2] A five time national outdoor and three time indoor champion, he is the Austrian national record holder for the 1500 metres both indoors and outdoors. He also competed in the 1500 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships. [3]

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Pallitsch was initially an 800 metres specialist, having only missed the 2012 Olympic standard for the event by 0.37 seconds. He retired from the sport in 2015, before returning in 2020. [4] [5] He won the 2021 indoor national championships in the 800 meters and the 2022 national championships in both the 800 and 1500 meters. He improved his personal best time in the 1500 meters to 3:40.49 that season. On January 25, 2023, he achieved an indoor best time of 3:40.56 min in Valencia, which was the world leading mark for the year at the time. [6] In July, he won the 1500 metres at the 2023 Balkan Athletics Championships. On January 30, 2024, Pallitsch set a new Austrian indoor record over 1500 meters with a time of 3:37.36. [7] A few months later, he also improved the outdoor record to 3:33.59. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Raphael Pallitsch". svschwechat.at (in German).
  2. ↑ Raphael Pallitsch at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. ↑ "Summary - 1500 Metres Men - Round 1" (PDF). World Athletics . 19 August 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ↑ "Raphael Pallitsch beendet Karriere". meinbezirk.at (in German). 7 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Philip Dirnbeck (18 February 2021). "Lauftalent Raphael Pallitsch feiert Comeback". ORF.at (in German).
  6. ↑ Thomas Bauer (26 January 2023). "Raphael Pallitsch läuft Weltjahresbestzeit". hdsports.at (in German).
  7. ↑ "Sensationell: Pallitsch bricht 39 Jahre alten Rekord". HDsports (in German). 31 January 2024.
  8. ↑ Thomas Bauer MSc (29 May 2024). "Beeindruckend: Pallitsch bricht erneut Rekord" (in German).


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